When I was a kid, I overestimated the degree of control adults had over circumstances. Now I know that illusion starts with parents.
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"We want to believe that the world is understandable ... that if we follow the rules, we’ll be okay." https://blog.codinghorror.com/they-have-to-be-monsters/ …
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Most olds don't get this either!
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young people fail to understand this about history, old people about their past
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Uuuughhhh so depressing. Do we have any choice in our lives? (not disagreeing btw)
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dunno but this is my best idea:https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2014/04/30/replaceability-and-the-economics-of-disequilibrium/ …
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Don't we make this mistake as adults in storytelling around success and failure?
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When I got my first "real" job out of college I was shocked by this realization. I assumed large companies had it all figured out
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The young, the old, conspiracy theorists etc. The brain is a pattern making machine, and it's much happier to assume order rather than chaos
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The old, too, it seems.
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But there's a paradox - the most successful attitude involves taking responsibility, which often implies u have more control than u do.
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The only thing you can calculate is the outcome of putting yourself in more random situations
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Hail Eris! Which autocorrect twice changed to "hail zeros", haha.
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